Rigveda 4.018.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
किं स ऋध॑क्कृणव॒द्यं स॒हस्रं॑ मा॒सो ज॒भार॑ श॒रद॑श्च पू॒र्वीः । न॒ही न्व॑स्य प्रति॒मान॒मस्त्य॒न्तर्जा॒तेषू॒त ये जनि॑त्वाः
kiṃ sa ṛdhakkṛṇavadyaṃ sahasraṃ māso jabhāra śaradaśca pūrvīḥ nahī nvasya pratimānamastyantarjāteṣūta ye janitvāḥ
What wealth of spoils didst thou make, a thousand months, in autumn and spring? No—there is not in them a counter-portion for those born among men.
Aditi speaks: What irregular act has he committed whom (I, his mother), bore for a thousand months and for many years? there is no analogy between him and those who have been or will be born.
What strange act shall he do, he whom his Mother bore for a thousand months and many autumns? No peer hath he among those born already, nor among those who shall be born hereafter.